Charles Howard Curran
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Born | 20 March 1894 Entomologist |
Charles Howard Curran (20 March 1894 – 23 January 1972) was a
Biography
Charles Howard Curran was born in
He joined the Dominion Entomology Branch in Ottawa (now the Canadian National Collection of Insects [CNC], Agriculture Canada), where he would work from 1922 or 1923 to 1928.
Curran was one of the most prolific Diptera taxonomists, doing the majority of his work there from 1921 to 1947. He described 2,648 species and authored 406 publications, although some of his descriptions were later discovered to be synonyms with other species. From 1945 to his retirement, one of Curran's major projects was working in
Curran died in 1972 in Leesburg, Florida. Six genera and 71 species of insects are named in his honor.[1]
Selected works
- Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Diptera Or Two-winged Flies. New York Academy of Sciences. 1928.
- The Families and Genera of North American Diptera. Ballou Press. 1934. (2nd edition in 1965)
- Snakes and Their Ways. Harper & Brothers. 1937. (with Carl Kauffeld)
- Insects of the Pacific World. Macmillan. 1945.
- Insects in Your Life. Sheridan House. 1951.
References
- ^ a b c d e f
- "Dr. Howard C. Curran". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- "Curran, Charles Howard, 1894-1972". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- S2CID 86440820.
- ^ "The American Museum of Natural History. 78th Annual Report July 1946 through June 1947" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ Treangen, Molly (January 12, 2023). "Very Truly Yours, C.H. Curran". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- Paul H. Arnaud Jr. et Thelma C. Owen (1981). Charles Howard Curran (1894-1972). Myia, 2 : 393 p.
External links
- Very Truly Yours, C.H. Curran, article from the American Museum of National History